15+ tar command usages with examples – Unix/Linux

This is one of the most commonly using Linux command. This is very similar to the ZIP concept in Windows platform, what we are using commonly to save multiple file together.

The ‘tar’ saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive. It is very useful in such conditions like when we want to send a lot of files via email, transfer files from one machine to another etc.

Here I am explaining some common and useful switches and it usages with examples. Also, by using TAR we can compress and decompress files and make a single file archive to transfer file. In Linux almost all packages are available in internet in TAR file format. READ MORE..